Contra the Heard stands apart from every other investment letter in Canada.

This unique publication doesn’t just tell investors what to buy and sell — it buys and sells the stocks you read about. Readers follow the Contra the Heard portfolio as stocks are bought and sold and get detailed assessments of the decision-making process.

That decision-making process carves out an independent route in contrarian investing ... a very profitable route that has produced returns of better than 60 per cent in two of the last five years.

Over the past 10 years, the Contra the Heard portfolio has returned a remarkable 23.4 per cent. In five years, an even more impressive 29.0 per cent.

Here’s what you get when you follow the investment path of Contra the Heard:

The inside story on stocks that are bought and sold by editors that “put our money where our mouth is.” You read only about stocks that Contra the Heard actually trades.

Information on stocks that have the ability to increase in value by a minimum of 50 per cent. These are not fly by night operations. Every company recommended in Contra the Heard has existed for at least ten years.

Independent analysis of turnaround situations. You learn which unpopular stocks are poised to regain their lustre in the near future.

Careful analysis of each company's financial statements with a focus on debt ratios and book values.

Updates on lucrative takeover candidates well before the takeovers occur. Contra the Heard uncovers these profitable plays and regularly passes them on to its readers.

And investors can be sure that Contra the Heard is charting its own course. While it buys and sells stocks, Contra the Heard remains firmly independent of any banks, brokerages or other financial institutions.